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This is the secret island location where it’s believed Ten will film Australian Survivor in a few months
January 2, 20166:46pm
New series ... Ten is filming an Australian version of Survivor in a few months, and it’s expected to be set on a remote island off the coast of Malaysia. Picture: Supplied
Shannon MolloyNews Corp Australia
THE secret location where Network Ten will film its version of the hit American reality series Survivor this year is a remote island off the coast of Malaysia, sources say.
Contestants will endure a couple of months of rough living and endurance challenges on
Pulau Tiga, west of Sabah in the Kimanis Bay, it’s understood.
The location is the same one used for the very first US season in 2000.
Remote location ... the island of Pulau Tiga is off the west coast of Sabah in Malaysia.
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While it will be presented to viewers as a deserted and isolated spot, the island is actually
home to a resort, a campsite, restaurant and national park.
Early work is underway on the series —
the first Australian instalment since Seven’s celebrity spin-off in 2006, which followed Nine’s adaptation of the format some 13 years ago.
Key production hires have been made, sources reveal, including
Trent Pattison who headed up the challenge team on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! last year.
Challenge guru ... Trent Pattison, who has worked on several US seasons of Survivor and I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! is one of the early production hires for Australian Survivor.
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Pattison has also worked on several seasons of the US version of
Survivor.
It’s understood filming will begin sometime in March and run for almost three months. The show will air towards the back end of the year.
Beverley McGarvey, the network’s chief programming officer, said picking a spot used for a previous series was deliberate.
“We’ll end up collecting an island location — most likely a location that has had a series of
Survivor shot there before,” she confirmed in a recent interview. “Just because bringing that expertise to the table is really critical.”
First season ... a shot of filming of the very first instalment of long-running reality series Survivor in 2000, on the island of Pulau Tiga.
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Expect it to look and feel like the American show — its producers have been enlisted to help make the local version.
“They’re really involved,” McGarvey said.
“We think the purity of the concept is something that will really resonate with Australian audiences.”